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Keeping peril at bay for track workers involves more than just questions of safety
NEW YORK -- They are like ghosts in the dark tunnels, sometimes glimpsed out the window of a passing subway train, huddled in an alcove or standing between the girders that divide local and express tracks. They seem to be doing nothing, but that is just an illusion....
Pataki administration criticizes Amtrak
ALBANY, N.Y. -- The Associated Press reports that Amtrak is seeking more money from New York at a time when the railroad is already millions of dollars behind in commitments to improve tracks and service in the state, the Pataki administration contends. State...
Amtrak high-speed rail commitment questioned
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Amtrak appears to be backing out of a deal which would have provided high-speed rail service along the Empire Corridor which runs from New York City to Niagara Falls, state officials said. The Albany Business Review reports that in a Nov. 18 letter to...
CN Rail to cut 1,146 jobs
MONTREAL -- Canadian National Railway said today it is cutting 1,146 jobs in a cost-cutting effort and taking a $252-million charge against earnings for personal injury claims and severance costs, the Canadian Press reported. About two-thirds of the job cuts will...
Broken rail cited in Montana Rail Link derailment
HUNTLEY, Mont. -- Nine cars of a Montana Rail Link freight train en route to Denver derailed near here late Sunday, but officials said there were no injuries, the Associated Press reported. Lynda Frost, a spokeswoman for the railroad in Missoula, said it appeared a...
Santa Train completes successful 60th run
KINGSPORT, Tenn. -- On schedule, the 60h Anniversary Santa Train pulled into town Saturday after Santa Claus and singer Patty Loveless helped deliver tons of gifts to large crowds through Kentucky and Virginia, the Johnson City Press reported. The train, sponsored by...
Loveless helps spread the Christmas spirit on train
SANTA CLAUS SPECIAL -- Patty Loveless hopes any relatives who saw her tossing toys and candy off the back of the Santa Train Saturday at her hometown railroad crossing in Elkhorn City, Ky., will understand if she didn't stay and talk, according to the Kingsport...
French investigators blame hot-plate for deadly train fire
NANCY, France -- Investigators have concluded a train fire that killed 12 people in eastern France earlier this month was caused by a kitchenette hot-plate, sources said Monday. According to the Associated Press, an electrical short-circuit was originally suspected in...
JFK AirTrain opening postponed after fatal derailment
NEW YORK -- The opening of the AirTrain at Kennedy Airport, the $1.9-billion service meant to link the terminals to city subways, has been indefinitely postponed since a September derailment that killed a train operator, reports the Associated Press. The service had...
Green Goat: One of a kind hybrid-powered locomotive
ROSEVILLE, Calif. -- It's called the Green Goat, and it's in service at Union Pacific's sprawling switchyard hub in Roseville, according to Voice of America News. Switcher locomotives, which are used to assemble trains, are known in the railyards as 'goats'… and this...
